My question will display my obvious lack of swimming background. How exactly do you position the pull buoy? Large part or small part up? Between your legs next to your rear? Or farther down above your knee?
I still feel like my legs are sinking when I use one. When I stop stroking and hold the side of the pool, I can even feel my legs and the pull buoy come up to the surface.
Do you kick with your lower legs? Someone take me to pull buoy 101. Thanks.
The one thing i really know about pull-buoys is to be careful with them, because they can cause some undue stress on your upper body. Some pull buoys don’t have a fat and skinny part. The ones at my pool are just two foam cylinders attached in the middle by canvas straps.
I position the pull buoy nearer to my rear. The one’s I use don’t have a large or small part - they are like stocky cylinders connected with two belts. Are you kicking with the pull buoys on? You’re not supposed to be kicking at all - just let your legs float freely behind you and concentrate on your arm stroke.
Are you sure you are not using an aqua noodle?
All the way up as high as it can go – under your hips. There are some great posts on the proper use of a pull buoy from ironguides from last summer you should search for. (The ones at my pool are symmetrical, so I can’t answer your other question.)
Large part or small part up?
Depends on how much flotation you need (and on the size of your…ego)
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put all the way up against your butt. put the larger side in the back (so when you’re swimming freestyle it’s facing up).